Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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CtMmA Occasionally the Campus arouses sentiment, part- ly because for its six thousand students Ohio Univer- sity is a home, for many their first home away from their childhood families. But there is another, a stronger reason for a student ' s emotional attachment to the campus. Take away the buildings with their colonial styling, the trees with their diversity of verdancy and starkness, even the Campus Green with its grass that never turns brown, and the attachment would remain. That one element of the Campus that sets it apart from every other Campus, that distinguishes it from a power plant or a chemical factory, is the body of six thousand students. If one of them leaves a friend is lost, a familiar face is missing from the Campus, Ohio Uni- versity loses a part of itself. ' illors ol inspiration w ■w L ZA i % w

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You, who are about to enter this record of Ohio University, 1956, will find yourself on every page, for we have watched you as we never have before. We have seen you cross the campus many times. Crushing the frosted ground beneath your feet, you reached the classrooms and laboratories and managed somehow to survive the lectures and examinations. Wandering along below the graceful elms, you met your friends and hurried away to enjoy the dances and the shows. From your life we chose an intangible portion, your spirit of sincerity, and formed an en- tity. Now we shall return that part of you. It is yours; we hope you may cherish it with the same enthusiasm, both in you and in ourselves, that gave it life. a sf 90 ft Ralph E. Kliesch Editor Myrdith Sherow Assistant Editor Michael Samargya . Business Manager Tom Atkins Photo Editor Arthur G. Vermillion . Art Editor James E. Thorn Copy Editor John Hurd Darkroom Manager William Griffin Sales Manager Richard Graybill Advertising Manager 57

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APPREHENSIVE ARRIVAL spfember it was Back to Campus again. Amidst the swearing and confusion of preparations for another year entrenched in that somewhat remote spot — Athens — you reluctantly gave up your summer job, the once- in-a-lifetime job. You returned, and the Campus looked no different. True, there were two more dormitories opened on East Green, and a new commerce building had begun to take shape, but Johnnie Reb and his Union counterpart still adorned the me- morial on the college green and college food was still not like homecooking. But you were glad to be back — until classes began. Ellis Hall remained the haunted house, haunted by the academic ghosts who return every fall to run the defenseless student in- to a flunking grade, or at least a D. But being back felt good.